Getting your fediverse project funded isn't easy, and while I've been especially fortunate, I do feel bad for projects that are rejected from grant requests or have few patrons/donations.
We're all in this together, and I wish we were able to attract corporate sponsors like other initiatives.
I hope this doesn't discourage devs and they keep building, because I was rejected from my first 2 grant applications before I got my first NLnet grant.
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RE: https://mastodon.social/@dansup/116221803268102238
Graduated with a BA in maths(M)/DS(m). My graduation project was literally a way for Mastodon operators to earn enough bucks in order not to get bankrupt, all while not messing the ethics, that Australia and/or France officially recognised, of it up.
Both me and @hy01312 (3 years senior to me- nevertheless, both graduated simultaneously on Feb 2025) are already in the workplace- I've contacted many other devs, including my 5 years junior @djiuon홍지원, to take over the internal papers of my project.
